Family members of aging loved ones are invited to a free question-and-answer session with local senior benefits and care experts on Monday, March 18, at the Silverdale Center Creekside Theatre in Chattanooga.
The Morning Pointe Foundation is presenting an in-person Caregiver Café discussion, “How to Make Tough Decisions for Your Aging Loved One,” at 6:30 p.m. at the theatre, which is part of the Silverdale Baptist Academy campus and located at 7236 Bonny Oaks Drive.
Discussing areas of financial planning, Medicaid and Medicare, veterans benefits and geriatric care are these four panelists:
- Rebecca Miller, Elder law attorney with Chambliss, Bahner and Stophel, P.C.
- Tara Simpson, Licensed insurance agent and patient advocate
- Kristi Wick, Vicky B. Gregg chair of gerontology and assistant professor for the UC Foundation
- Mary Ross-Tarkington, National director of client relations for Elder Veterans Legal Aid Group
Amy Boulware, care manager for elder law and special needs with Chambliss, Bahner and Stophel, P.C., will moderate the discussion. And coffee and desserts are available as refreshments prior to the start of the discussion.
The Morning Pointe Foundation has shifted the format of its previously web-based Caregiver Café educational series.
“Caregiver education is one of the services of our Foundation,” said Miranda Perez, executive director of the Morning Pointe Foundation. “That includes everyone from a nursing aide at an assisted living facility to an adult daughter of a mom or dad in their 70s living at home. There are some really important topics to talk about as our loved ones get older that many families may not think about until their loved one experiences a health setback. This Caregiver Café is designed to empower families, together with their loved ones, to have the information they need to make the best decisions they can for the future.”
Tickets are not required for Caregiver Café.
The Morning Pointe Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Morning Pointe Senior Living founded by senior healthcare entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital and J. Franklin Farrow. The nonprofit was created in 2014. It provides caregiver support programs, sponsors educational awareness events and funds scholarships to advance the care of seniors throughout the Southeast.
Founded in 1997 by Vital and Farrow, Morning Pointe Senior Living owns and operates 38 assisted living, personal care, and Alzheimer’s memory care communities in five southeastern states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Indiana.
